Linux Engineer - (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) - Permanent - Remote
Charles Simon Associates are currently looking for a Linux Engineer on a permanent basis for our client, a global business leader in their sector and a household name. The data centre team are at the centre of everything this business does, the technologies and opportunities are endless for the right candidate.
Location: Home Based
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Plus On call (1 in 5)
Skills/Requirements for the Linux Engineer:
- Previous experience within a similar role
- Extensive Linux experience, ideally Red Hat
- Data Centre experience
- Ability to lead IT projects and engage stakeholders
- VMware experience
- Blade Server experience
- SAN Storage
- VMware Clustering
- Working within ITIL processes for Change and Problem Management
- Any previous experience of working within a private cloud environment would be highly desirable
Start date is ASAP for the Linux Engineer
The Linux Engineer will be responsible for:
- Supporting the Storage & Data Centre infrastructure as directed by management
- Assisting with the design of Data Centres ensuring no single points of failure to enable High Availability and comprehensive DR provision for all critical systems.
- Ensuring maximum availability of Data Centre and Cloud systems and minimum disruption due to change - planned or otherwise.
- Installing, configuring and managing Linux servers and software as required, using automation where possible.
- Configuring and managing Data Protection platforms including Commvault, Dell EMC Networker and Zerto.
- Work closely with DBA, Network, Application, Systems and Service Desk teams on projects, migrations, upgrades, refreshes, architecture and other activities.
- Carry out regular Disaster Recovery (DR) testing on key systems
- Ensuring systems maintenance, support, installations, upgrades, performance monitoring, capacity planning, compute and storage management is carried out with minimum disruption
- Maintaining documentation and diagrams to describe all systems, networks and communications.
- Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota as required.
- Maintain knowledge of trends, developments, and best practices in Data Centre, SAN Storage, Cloud, Linux compute and related technology.
Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV to be considered for the Linux Engineer
Linux Engineer - (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) - Permanent - Remote